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Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update

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Published: 05/19/2026 (05/19/2026, 13:29:01 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) used by the xfreerdp client. These include heap-buffer overflows, global-buffer overflows, heap-use-after-free, NULL pointer dereferences, and denial of service conditions. Some of these vulnerabilities allow for arbitrary code execution via crafted RDP server messages or pixel data. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder products. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these vulnerabilities.

Affected software

Affected versions
>=10 <10.2>=10.2

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AILast updated: 08/18/2026, 14:06:00 UTC

Technical Analysis

This advisory covers a series of security flaws in FreeRDP, including heap-buffer overflows (e.g., CVE-2026-22852, CVE-2026-22853), global-buffer overflow (CVE-2026-22858), heap-use-after-free bugs (e.g., CVE-2026-22856), NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2026-23948), denial of service vulnerabilities via buffer overflow and use-after-free conditions, and multiple arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities (e.g., CVE-2026-26965, CVE-2026-26955, CVE-2026-31806, CVE-2026-33984). These vulnerabilities affect the FreeRDP client component used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants. The vulnerabilities stem from memory corruption and improper handling of crafted RDP messages or pixel data, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service. Red Hat has released security updates to fix these issues.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions or arbitrary code execution on systems running vulnerable versions of FreeRDP. This could allow an attacker to crash the client or execute malicious code remotely by sending specially crafted RDP messages or pixel data. The impact is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released security updates for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder products to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the available updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:19033 (https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19033). Patch status is confirmed as fixed in these updates. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2026:19033
Cve Count
23
Additional Cves
["CVE-2026-22853","CVE-2026-22854","CVE-2026-22855","CVE-2026-22856","CVE-2026-22858","CVE-2026-22859","CVE-2026-23732","CVE-2026-23948","CVE-2026-24491","CVE-2026-24675","CVE-2026-24676","CVE-2026-24678","CVE-2026-24679","CVE-2026-24681","CVE-2026-24682","CVE-2026-24683","CVE-2026-24684","CVE-2026-26955","CVE-2026-26965","CVE-2026-31806","CVE-2026-33983","CVE-2026-33984"]

Threat ID: 6a27e9928dd33fbd8516959c

Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:14 UTC

Last enriched: 08/18/2026, 14:06:00 UTC

Last updated: 09/11/2026, 22:06:32 UTC

Views: 183

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